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<p><a href="http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=3820"><img align="middle" width="500" height="613" border="0" alt="Face to Face" src="http://www.bjpa.org/blog/images/face2face.png" /></a></p>
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<p><em>The scene is a dormitory lounge at a prestigious New Eng land university. Almost a hundred Black and Jewish students have filed in dripping wet from a spring rain for the fourth in a series of dialogues... A young Jewish woman, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, tells of the impact of her parents wartime experiences. A Black man talks about the time just a few years ago when his high school basketball team's bus was overturned by the opposing team in order to keep him, the lone black player, out of the game... Although the words are painful, when the session is over there is buoyancy and hope in this room a sense of growing solidarity and trust between two groups who have discovered common ground.</em></p>
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<p>Continuing our <a href="http://www.bjpa.org/blog/index.cfm/Black-History-Month">Black History Month series</a>, today we excerpt <a href="http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=3820"><em>Face to Face: Black-Jewish Dialogues on Campus</em></a>, by <a href="http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/results.cfm?Authored=Cherie-Brown&amp;AuthorID=2451">Cherie Brown</a>, for <a href="http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/results.cfm?Publisher=American%20Jewish%20Committee%20%28AJC%29">the AJC</a>.</p>
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<p><em>Blacks and Jews pair up with members of their own groups. Each member of a pair takes a turn repeating the word Jew (for the Blacks) or Black (for the Jews) while the other person shares with as little censorship as possible the first thought that comes to mind at each repetition of the term. This is a way of bringing to the surface attitudes and misinformation--ethnic slurs and stereotypes--the students have absorbed from their environment but know better than to say out loud or believe...</em></p>
<p><em>[S]tudents divide into separate Black and Jewish caucuses where each shares what has been good and what has been difficult about belng Black or Jewish... When the caucuses return individual students share their stories with the entire workshop. The others listen carefully without interruption, discussion or questions The stories are often accompanied by tears, shaking and expressions of anger. For many students this is the most moving and transforming part of the workshop...</em></p>
<p><em>Every workshop needs to include some time for students to translate what they've learned into concrete goals and programs to effect change on their campus. Toward the end of their time together students brainstorm all the possible programs that might be implemented on their campus to continue the work begun in the dialogue...</em></p>
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<p>The rest of the document includes quotes from participants in these programs, and further guidelines for organizers.</p>
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<p>To read more publications at intersections of Black and Jewish history, see this special <a href="http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/viewPublishedBookshelf.cfm?id=52759DE4-2590-26BF-AE830B622A7753ED">Bookshelf for Black History Month.</a></p>
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studentsyoung adultscommunity relationsBlack-Jewish relationsyouthBlack History Monthdiscoursehigher educationdialoguecultureMon, 27 Feb 2012 15:15:00 -0400http://www.bjpa.org/blog/index.cfm/2012/2/27/BlackJewish-Campus-Dialogue